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1. Re: taxes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 12:17:22 GMT; Will Zehring asked a UK Soler to confirm what he says about UK cars having a plate for life. They do (although you can swap it for a personal plate for a fee - my Jensen was first registered on a per; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00261.html (8,357 bytes)
2. Re: taxes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 14:39:25 GMT; Hi Bob, Yup, It's Value Added Tax. It is like a sales tax. Consumers pay it on most everything except food (excluding luxury food), children's clothes and books. Companies pay it on almost everything; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00268.html (7,696 bytes)
3. Re: taxes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 15:13:08 GMT; W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu> muses: I guess it is a question of police workload, resourcing and priorities. "When stopped and questioned, the defendant replied variously, m'lud, th; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00273.html (7,727 bytes)
4. Re: taxes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 09:48:51 GMT; I guess muggings, crack murders and ram raiding are not the same problem in rural Suffolk as they are in London, Bristol, Manchester etc. (happily, I live there)- the police probably get bored! "Let; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00310.html (7,603 bytes)
5. Re: Aston Martin DB6 (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 09:37:32 GMT; Good DB6s go for about Pounds 35-40,000 in the UK at present, though I don't know what the going rate is in the US. If the chassis and body are rotten, I would say forget it, and break the car for p; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00342.html (7,544 bytes)
6. Re: Jag XKE: Should I stay or should I go? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 11:55:03 GMT; The 2+2 is the unloved E-type and will never be worth more than two-thirds a coupe or half a roadster. If you have to work on it, too, spend your time and money on a coupe or a roadster. A really go; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00379.html (6,672 bytes)
7. Re: Obscure cars/RRs and Bentleys (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 09:58:45 GMT; weverka@drip.colorado.edu (Robert T. Weverka) asks: There are much more knowledgeable RR/Bentley enthusiasts than myself on the net, but I believe the first RR monocoque body was the Silver Shadow/ B; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00557.html (7,570 bytes)
8. Re: Cars in movies (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 09:43:02 GMT; "To catch a thief" was on the box yesterday afternoon, with Grace Kelly hurling her Sunbeam Talbot Alpine around the Corniche above Monte Carlo, much to Cary Grant's discomfiture. Funny to see a new; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00689.html (6,872 bytes)
9. Skip's new motor (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 12:07:42 GMT; What a super wife! I think an XJ6 4.2 Mark I or II would suit you best. These are cheap, plentiful and quite simple to maintain - the only problem, in the UK at least, is rust. They have dual SUs an; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00372.html (6,686 bytes)
10. Re: what's in a name (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 14:49:10 GMT; Wade's post about about generic names (little furrin thing = MG etc): This is probably more appropriate to alt.usage.english, but understanding what on earth OFATP are talking about is part of SOLing; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00380.html (8,286 bytes)
11. Re: Jag sedans (fwd) (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 14 Dec 94 11:03:58 GMT; Randell Jesup asks: "which years were Series I, II and III XJ6's" This is from memory (UK dates) - someone else may have a reference book. It doesn't really matter, because you can tell which they ar; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00458.html (7,643 bytes)
12. Re: What's a Zephyr (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 12:54:46 GMT; A little bit more on what is a Consul/Zephyr /Zodiac - from memory as usual: The Mark Is were boxy in appearance with rounded rear finlets, similar in appearance to an early 50s US Ford. Chrome-plate; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00619.html (8,007 bytes)
13. Duct tape and Toledos (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 03 Nov 94 12:14:07 GMT; mike_israel@Merck.Com (Mike Israel) notes: This is probably what we call tank tape. It is a bodger's delight, from the country that invented bodging! Paul Rodenhuis <paulr@pwd.nsw.gov.au> wonders: To; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00081.html (7,812 bytes)
14. Re: MGB , Decisions (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 07 Nov 94 11:53:14 GMT; Chlo"e (No, that can't be right, you've got a wife), Go for it! (But get another quote). I know resto prices are higher over there (assuming you're in the former colonies), but that seems a touch ste; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00170.html (6,843 bytes)
15. Re: Tow vehicles etc (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 08 Nov 94 10:10:13 GMT; The 420G is quite a good car, with the E-type engine and rear suspension (widened). It will, however, never be worth a great deal. Massed-produced four-seater four-door saloons seldom are, and the 4; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00205.html (6,753 bytes)
16. MGB side lights & front wings (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 10 Nov 94 12:29:50 GMT; There you go, jumping in again without reading, TeriAnn! We're talking about side/indicator lights. My '65 and '66 certainly did have them - I spent enough time repainting the wings around them and; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00306.html (6,825 bytes)
17. Re: Mark 8 ad... (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 11:59:28 GMT; I know something about the Mark VIII because this was the first Jaguar my dad bought - in 1958. From memory, the differences between this and the Mark VII were: 1) One-piece windscreen 2) Cut-away r; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00398.html (7,426 bytes)
18. Not for bumping (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 17 Nov 94 14:59:09 GMT; Just got the Jensen rear bumper back from Cambridge Electroplating and it is _gorgeous_! Mind you, it wasn't cheap, at #235, but it's a big job - not only wide but also has a two-foor wrap-around eac; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00493.html (6,736 bytes)
19. Beans Industries (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 23 Nov 94 09:28:04 GMT; I don't know if anyone else has reported this, but Beans Industries, with factories at Tipton and Tamworth, have gone into receivership (i.e. bust). Tamworth may ring a bell with some SOLs (Chris) -; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00661.html (7,623 bytes)
20. Re: British English translation, please (Thu Aug 18 07:53:19 1994) (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 13:08:54 BST; Yes, you guessed right: "nearside" is the side nearest the kerb (curb), while "offside" is the other side. In England, nearside translates to the left of the car when seated in the car. In cricket,; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00226.html (7,166 bytes)

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